At 5 a.m., the three record-breaking drivers start the day, which does not actually provide ideal conditions. Damp weather in the morning made conditions difficult for the record attempt. But they are not dissuaded, and by the time others ride to work at around eight in the morning, the Hardegger/Arnold trio already have 5,000 meters of altitude in their legs. This provides motivation and at the same time better weather conditions. The three of them continue to ride without interruption, each descent on a new trail - and after over 16 hours of trail and gondola riding, the GPS device shows an incredible 21,832 vertical meters of descent.

In contrast to Ken Imhasly and Alain Gwerder, who set the record for the last time on July 11, 2015 in the Aletsch Arena, the record ride in the canton of Uri is a so-called "unofficial" record. Imhasly and Gwerder registered their ride with the Record Institute and had it certified, so they are still considered official record holders. Marcel Hardegger, Erich Arnold and Christoph Arnold, on the other hand, decided to forgo the official part and simply wanted to know how many trails in the canton of Uri could be strung together to ride them one after the other in a day.

The single trail world record has a longer history and is primarily contested between Swiss riders. The idea behind it is to master as many different singletrail descents as possible in one day without riding a single route twice. In 2010, Thomas Giger and René Wildhaber set the first benchmark of 12,555 vertical meters. Three years later, together with Thomas Frischknecht, he raised his own record to 13,572 vertical meters. It was then the twins Caroline and Anita Gehrig who took the title in Val Venosta/Vinschgau, achieving even more in 2014 with 15,117 vertical meters. However, these marks seem almost trivial compared to the more than 20,000 meters of altitude recently achieved in Valais and now also in the canton of Uri.

Record ride by Giger with Wildhaber (2010)
René Wildhaber and Thomas Giger break mountain bike world record

Record ride by Giger with Frischknecht (2013)
Frischknecht and Giger pulverize singletrack world record

Record ride by the Gehrig twins (2014)
Two women break singletrack world record (Ride)
Singletrail record: watch the movie afterwards (TV)

Record ride by Imhalsy and Gwerder (2015)
Two Valaisans break singletrack world record